Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-10
RAPID TRANSIT.
Formation of the San Gabriel
valley R. II. Railroad.

valley R. II. Railroad.
The second meeting of those inter-
ested in the building of rapid transit
electric railway from the business CEN
ter of Los Angeles, via Ramona and
points east to San Gabriel and
Monrovia, was held yesterday
(. afternoon, with Messrs. Shorb,
Monroe, Pile, Story, Gilehrist,
udge Stephens, Weeks, Phillips, Dob
rs, Adams, Unruh, Gosper, Stanton,
Illing, Bishop, Chapman, Ferguson,
mes, Sutton, A. H. Johnson and
r,2r Workman present. Mr.. Gosper
vhat his syndicate was ready to
part, and that the location of
I'D would govern its action, and
Hed, illustrating ON the map, its
u The syndicate would give
Associa.rally if the road be located
y,ndd dlands. In such case they
AXE stock or donate $4,000 and
p9bf way. Mr.. Story, of Alham-
: .liroa, reported that so far there had
nistoeen $38, 900 actually subscribed, and
n, Others not yet seen would make
: total for Alhambra of $4,000. Mr..
Dobbins said East San Gabriel would
donate or subscribe literally, and
Mr.. Gilichrist reported that the East
San Gabriel Land and Water Com
pany would give at least $4,000 and
right of way. An informal discussion
followed as to the amount of sub
scriptions East San Gabriel should
take General Pile, of Monrovia, re-
ported that Monrovia, Baldwin, I'm
rub, and Arcadia had subscribed
$27, 500.
The total subscription reported was
as follows. Hellman, Haas & Co.,
$4,000; Florence Terrace Syndicate,
; $4,000; Alhambra, $50, 0,000 East San
Gabriel, $4,000; Monrovia and Ar
cadia, $4,000. Total, 100000 An
informal discussion followed as to the
propriety of running the road through
Boyle Heights and it was the general
opinion that the shortest line and
easiest grade, all things considered,
should be selected. Mayor Workman
said he would take the matter under
consideration.
Judge Stephens suggested that the
terminus of this road should not con-
meet with some bob tail street-car line
to get into town. The road should be
rapid transit and come all the way
into the city, as near the center as
possible. The route is nearly clear
one to get the right of way over, and
the only trouble would be in the city.
Mr.. Story favored the elevated
road on the other side of the
Int fha .if Mr.
Monroe favored an elevated or some
line of road that would run into the
city, and cited the trouble of subur-
Ban travel getting into the city over
the San Gabriel Valley railroad. Mr..
Shorb reported that two bodies Of ell
gineers were in the field and were
running what they considered the
most direct and hest line. Arcadia
and Monrovia are already surveyed.
N. H. Stanton stated that the Alham-
bra and Ramon Street Car Company
would be willing to merge their inter-
ests in this Company. Mr.. Gosper
said he was satisfied that Others on the
other side of the river would subscribe
literally. On motion of Mr.. Stanton
it was decided to go into permanent
organization for the purpose of build
ing and operating rapid transit line
from Los Angeles via Alhambra, San
Gabriel and Arcadia to Monrovia. 1t
was also decided that seven directors
be chosen and that the capital stock
be $3.50, 900, divided into 2500 shares
of 500 each. The name selected was
San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit
Railway Company.
The following were selected as Di-
rectors from which the officers will be
selected: w. N. Monroe, H. A. I'm
rub, ii. II. Markham, J. De Barth
Shorb, F. q. Story, j. r. Dobbins and
J. j. Gosper. Judge Stephens was
empowered to proceed to secure the
articles of Incorporation, after which
the meeting adjourned until next Sat
urday afternoon.